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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Taipan on February 28, 2018, 03:14 PM
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After searching far and wide for a set of the above or original haro gen 1 forks these popped up on ebay? what do you think of the price and the forks themselves? interested to see what you knowledgeable lot think :daumenhoch:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nos-Bottema-True-Torch-Bmx-Forks-Old-School/192469149617?hash=item2cd00e27b1:g:B1UAAOSwn99alrls
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They are johnny repops arent they?!
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really? so what does he sell them for? and does he still sell them? johnny chopper yeh?
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No idea when he made them, how many he made or for what price. No doubt they are well made n all that but i couldnt see myself shelling that out for copy forks.
If you are on a budget something along these lines are not a bad facsimile
http://bmxmuseum.com/forsale/207512
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There was a set of these on that Anniversary Haro Gen1 prototype I got off Dom Phips a few years back. They were a big regret selling them, beautiful things they were.
I've slept a lot since then but Jonny made a load at the same time so when ever the Anniversay Gen1 was out would be my guess when these were made. Still, that's a lot of cash for repops if you ask me :-\
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Johnny made a few fair sets of these with both types of drops. They were selling back then for around $150 - $200, dependant on what drop type you wanted. Then he moved into doing them for 24" and 26" frames.
I have seen them sell for around £80 - £150, but any more than that is your money really, and how badly you want them. They are a new fork styled to an old image, so you may as well just get a new fork and use a 1" to 1 1/8" headset.
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I recentely sold as NOS set of Bottemas for $1200 ... gutted i sold them now :buck2:
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The last pic on the ad shows them next to a set of JC forks? ??? so does this imply that they are indeed the real deal?
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Think he is just confirming they are 20 inch